Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he gets the benefit for which he stipulated , he ought to honour his promise , and he ought not to avoid it by saying that the mother was herself under a duty to maintain the child . |
| 2 | So if you approach a sympathetic , but so far neutral , person and start telling him that he ought to give his support because of x , y and z policies he is likely to be bored and irritated . |
| 3 | Nothing very dramatic here , then , but at least he was in the buying and selling game , not a wage slave , and there can hardly have been a time when it was not easier to sell the odd pork chop or two than it was to convince an employer that he ought to buy your skills as a craftsman . |
| 4 | Yet as we talked and ate , he looked mostly at Werewolf and then at his daughter and occasionally you could see him thinking that maybe he ought to change his Will . |
| 5 | He 'll be creeping about in the half-dark wondering if he ought to burn his suit , scraping the mud off his shoes . |
| 6 | As he had already been interviewed four times and been in police custody for over 24 hours , the expectation would be that a solicitor might well consider that , at least for that evening , enough was enough and that he ought to advise his client not to answer further questions … . |
| 7 | Eliot 's letter of 22 October confirmed that he still had not received details from the Club ; but he understandably felt that while he could accept our invitation to tea , he ought to reserve his position about dinner . |
| 8 | He felt he ought to query his presence — particularly his use of poor old Eddy 's desk — but everything about him suggested that his right to be in the room was finely established — perhaps more firmly even than Bob 's . |
| 9 | Soon afterwards he may realise his mistake and continue his search . |
| 10 | Later he may reconsider your point of view . |
| 11 | He may not exercise his rights or he may shirk his duties , but he can not forgo them . |
| 12 | That 's why he was thinking about closing the park to the villagers ; but now we 've caught these three beauties — thanks to you — he may change his mind . |
| 13 | Besides — he may change his mind . " |
| 14 | Before the prosecutor he may offer his side of the story , which is placed on the file . |
| 15 | Finally , we open mind and heart , so that He may shed his light on our path , and tell us anything that He wants us to do . |
| 16 | ‘ No one can enter a strong man 's house and plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man ; then indeed he may plunder his house . ’ |
| 17 | He may prefer his own assessment of the patient 's interests , and ignore that of the parent or guardian . |
| 18 | A worker may be required to live in tied accommodation as a condition of employment or he may make his own decision to do so . |
| 19 | He may consolidate his position by entering into a merger of sorts with Carlton when the Government permits such tie-ups in 1994 . |
| 20 | ‘ Where an unpaid seller has made part delivery of the goods , he may exercise his lien or right of retention on the remainder , unless such part delivery has been made under such circumstances as to show an agreement to waive the lien or right of retention . ’ |
| 21 | He stands up with the assistance of the therapist : he may do his trousers up while the therapist makes sure he remains properly aligned and upright , or the therapist may fasten the trousers while the patient concentrates on standing and balancing . |
| 22 | This is caused by : homogeneity of task , ie lack of variety emotions caused by frustration or discouragement a rate of learning which is too fast or too slow Fatigue may reduce the effort the student is putting into learning or he may fix his attention on particular elements of the work to be learned rather than on the work as a whole . |
| 23 | He may ride his dolphin to shore . |
| 24 | The laird of Balfunning wanted a tide waiter 's place for his son , but Buchanan was clearly not prepared to settle for promises , for he ‘ insists that he may see his son 's commision before the election ’ . |
| 25 | He may lose his mind . ’ |
| 26 | Thirdly , he may lose his office by failure to attend meetings . |
| 27 | He may have my father fooled , but he does n't fool me . |
| 28 | And finally , brethren , let us ask the Almighty to look down upon us and our endeavours with His special favour , beseeching Him that He may send a blessing upon our daily tasks , and that in His infinite wisdom He may smite our enemies , and destroy those who would destroy us . |
| 29 | He may keep his hand on the ball while kicking it ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God : for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth , that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers ’ ( Deut. 8 : 18 ) . |